64k 512M All Intel Core i7 860 testing with a ASUS Maximus III Formula and AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 64k 512M All: Processor: Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Maximus III Formula, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 + 74GB Western Digital WD740GD-00FL, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB, Audio: Creative Labs SB Audigy, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.3, Display Driver: amd, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4 IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 64k 512M All . 268.63 |======================================================== IOzone 3.347 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 64k 512M All . 5816.44 |=======================================================